English Explanatory Dictionary

Dysart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A place name:
  2. A suburban area and former town and royal burgh (with a small harbour) in Fife council area, Scotland, which was merged with Kirkcaldy in 1930 (OS grid ref NT3093).
  3. A village in County Roscommon, Ireland.
  4. A village and civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland.
  5. A former township in Dysart et al municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  7. A city in Tama County, Iowa, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Dean Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  9. A town and locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.
  10. A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A Scottish earldom.
  12. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

Dysart Dysarts

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

Derived words

Dysart et al
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